Nicholas Tarling

Nicholas Tarling
MNZM
Nicholas Tarling MNZM
Born	Peter Nicholas Tarling; 1 February 1931; Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	13 May 2017 (aged 86); Auckland, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Thesis	British Policy towards the Dutch and Native Princes in the Malay Archipelago, 1824–1871 (1956)
Doctoral advisor	Victor Purcell
Academic work
Institutions	Royal Historical Society; University of Queensland; University of Auckland
Doctoral students	Brook Barrington
Notable works	The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia (1992)

Peter Nicholas Tarling MNZM (1 February 1931 – 13 May 2017) was a historian, academic, and author. He specialised in Southeast Asian history, and wrote on 18th- and 19th-century Malaysia, North Borneo, Philippines, and Laos, especially regarding foreign involvement in those countries.

^ Barrington, Brook (1993). New Zealand and the search for security 1944-1954: 'a modest and moderate collaboration' (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland.

[1] Barrington, Brook (1993). New Zealand and the search for security 1944-1954: 'a modest and moderate collaboration' (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland.

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Nicholas Tarling MNZM
Born	Peter Nicholas Tarling (1931-02-01)1 February 1931 Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	13 May 2017(2017-05-13) (aged 86) Auckland, New Zealand

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Thesis	British Policy towards the Dutch and Native Princes in the Malay Archipelago, 1824–1871 (1956)
Doctoral advisor	Victor Purcell
Academic work
Institutions	Royal Historical Society University of Queensland University of Auckland
Doctoral students	Brook Barrington^[1]
Notable works	The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia (1992)